Where does “drovian” come from?

drovian (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic drōbijaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- — to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

drovian (Old Saxon): to stir up, trouble, disturb

Definitions

  1. to stir up, trouble, disturb

Ancestry of “drovian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-GermanicdrōbijanąTo trouble, disturb
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrebʰ-to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic drōbijaną →